Ernesto Gonzalez, left, talks with his attorney David Houston prior to opening statements in his murder trial Tuesday July 23, 2013.

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The defense gave its opening statements in the 2011 shooting at the Nugget in Sparks focusing on a man they described as "drunk?out of control" and a person "no one could seem to muzzle that night."

That man was one of three suspects in the shooting: Gary Rudnick, a member of the Vagos, also known as Jabbers.

Ernesto Gonzalez, a 55-year-old Vagos member, is charged on seven counts, including murder of Hells Angels San Jose Chapter President Jeffrey Pettigrew. Gonzalez's trial began Monday and is scheduled to last three weeks. ...